Legal Opinion
York v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 8, 2001No. 98-CF-902PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a conviction on two counts of assault. 1 At trial, appellant York moved for recusal of the trial judge, arguing that the fact that the judge was married to a police officer and that her late brother had been Chief of Police several years earlier created an appearance of bias in favor of one of the complainants, a police officer, and other witnesses who were also police officers. On appeal York maintains that the judge’s failure to recuse herself was reversible error. We affirm.
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On November 13, 1996, York attended a public meeting in the District…
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